6/14/2015
How great and influential a songwriter is Joni Mitchell? Take a look at these Essentials and you'll quickly appreciate the sheer variety and brilliance of the artists who surveyed her catalogue, picked …
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6/14/2015
Stripped down, direct, and cooler than a North Sea breeze, Dire Straits emerged from the unpretentious pub-rock scene of the late '70s to become one of the defining arena rock acts of the '80s. Their s …
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6/14/2015
When they went to #1 across the board (Oz, U.K., U.S.A.) in the early '80s with "Down Under," Men at Work put a smile on the world's face. The track's lyrical tale of an Aussie traveling the world not …
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6/14/2015
Marianne Faithfull has cemented her legend as a world-weary vocalist and balladeer, who'll cry us an extra river (or two) when we've run dry. But her first incarnation as a vulnerable, sweet-voiced '60 …
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6/11/2015
Jamaican dancehall superstar Capleton — also known variously as King Shango, King David, the Fyaman, and the Prophet — got his big break in Canada, at a 1989 Toronto music festival where he appeared on …
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6/11/2015
With Quo, you know what you'll get, and you know you'll like what you get. Which is why they're still rocking all over the world, and rocking right here with these slammers.
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6/10/2015
LGS ou La Grande Sophie, Sophie Huriaux de son vrai nom, cela fait déjà quelques années qu'elle navigue entre rock, pop et chanson « acoustique » avec des textes qui puisent dans la vie de tous les jou …
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6/10/2015
The speed with which Perth's magnificent Birds of Tokyo rose, phoenix-like, from the ash-strewn indie underground bodes well for their chances of making a lasting impression on the biggest of internati …
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6/10/2015
Qui dit bossa nova dit forcément Sergio Mendes, le musicien brésilien qui s’est permis d’adapter avec un énorme succès commercial ce genre musical au jazz, à la pop, au disco comme au funk et ce depuis …
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